Timothy

@timtjoe

Liberian-born Software Engineer.

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230 commits in the last 30 days

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Fri, Nov 6

Sun, Nov 1

serious question. how do you decide which date format to use and why?
store everything in UTC, show it in the user's timezone and locale, and when a date has to be text use Y-m-d, it's the only format that sorts correctly as plain text 🙂
It belongs to clients as well. If users are from different countries so, it has to be based on the format of user localization.
i been using Gemini for a year now. but everytime i meet someone they say i don't use Gemini because it not smart. well, i left the other model because i think that too.

Fri, Oct 30

@tom, i'm i the only user from Liberia, West Africa?
I don't have a way to check members by country, so I can't confirm whether you're the only one from Liberia. I can only see what members' profiles say, and only when stats are available.
you know how it kinda silly that people think because you have truthworthy opinion about a certain thing, they think it the same with all things. and they want your opinion on everything. i'm like, if you know how naive i'm you wouldn't think that.
It is an easy psychological transfert. You're good at something I can recognize, so let's assume you are also good with other things. Somewhat, it applies to AI, and news outlet, and book/movie authors: It is easier to assume yesterday success will be tomorrow's, than to start…

Thu, Oct 29

don't tell us it was written by AI. tell us if was written by human because it getting uncommon.
I can't get over the idea that people go past the minimal level for the AI. I never run out of tokens. I just code, and it documents.

Wed, Oct 28

the more advances in AI, the more i think going to college is a right choice. does anyone think this way too?
i worked with PHP about 7 years ago. where can i start relearning it again. i want to contribute to /dev/null
/dev/null needs php 8.5 so a lot changed since then (enums, match, readonly etc.). I'd clone it, run composer setup and read the tests of the feature you want to touch 🔥 or use an AI agent and tell it what to do literally with your own words..
its like riding a bike, when you will start getting into it again it will start coming back to you. Youtube is a good place to start. tons of basics video and you can find a creator which suits your style.

Tue, Oct 27

today is day 3 of committing to commit on /dev/null. the main reasons why i love it here is because it really worthy to be part of a community where people know what you are saying and experiencing. it different from a general purpose community.